Best Logo Resources on the Internet

What’s the value of a logo? Ask a company like Nike and you might say millions of dollars – but the truth is that, in 1971, Nike paid $35 for their logo. These days, the going rate for professional logo design is between $150 and $1,000. Those prices are coming down as the Internet provides a wealth of logo design contest sites and logo crowdsourcing sites, though!

Here are over 50 logo design resources I found online, from inspiration to awards, to contests and crowdsourcing, to blogs and history sites. Enjoy!

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Logo Conversions

Sometimes you know what you want, but simply don’t have the talent to take your napkin sketch to a professional logo.

Logotypers – Upload a sketch (a picture with your phone, a PowerPoint file, or a drawing in Paint) and we’ll turn it into a great logo within hours.

Crowdsourced Logo Design resources:

Crowdsourced sites have distribution networks of graphic designers who can submit logos. The winner is awarded the money. (Great for you… not always great for the designers!)

Astada – launch your own contest from $150.
Crowdspring – crowdsourced from $200.
DesignContest – launch your own contest from $250.
DesignCrowd – crowdsourced from $150.
Digital Point – post your own price and requirements in these forums.
eYeka – crowdsourced contests where you name your own price (upscale pricing and prizes).
48hoursLogo – crowdsourced design from $79
Guerra Creativa – crowdsourced design from $150

GFX Contests – contests from $100
Graphic Competitions – competition from $1,000
Hatchwise – contests from $100
LogoMyWay – contests from $200.
LogoTournament.com – Get the logo that you really want by choosing from 50-200+ custom designs.
99designs – crowdsourced designs from $211
MycroBurst – crowdsourced from $149
pickyDESIGNS – Host your design contest
ZenLayout – contests starting at $250

Professional Logo Companies:

Agencies who provide logo services generally guarantee that their work is unique and work to match your logo to your overall brand.

Affordable Logo Design – packages from $45.
BusinessLogo.net – packages from $99.
BXC – branding company, request a quote.
Chillink – a marketplace for unique logos from $199.

Design Outpost – designs from $125
4 Dogs Design – branding and design, call for quote
Infinity Logo Design – designs from $89
Kobia Interactive – submit for a free quote.
Kristian Andersen – branding agency.
Inkd – professional design packages from $99
LogoBee – designs from $199
Logodog – designs from $245
Logo Factory – logo designs from $395
Logo Design Team – packages from $149
Logo International Design Agency – contact for quotes
The Logo Loft – packages from $99.
LogoMagic.com – packages starting from $269.
LogoNerds.com – packages starting at $27.
Logotion – packages starting at $250.
Logoworks – from HP, designs from $299.
The NetMen – design starting from $149.
STUDIO7DESIGNS – request a quote
Vistaprint – pre-made and automated logos starting for free utilizing their services.

Logo Inspiration Sites:

Perhaps you’d like to try to create your own logo or find a few inspiring ones to refer to! Here are some great resource sites for logos.

Blog-omotives – from branding consultant Jeff Fisher
Creattica – a site from Envato
Famous Logos – a website dedicated to bringing you some of the best news, reviews, and information related to the logo design industry.
Logobird – Logobird is a London-based design blog & studio.
The Logo Company – Custom Logo Designs… taking designs to new heights.
iconic logo designers – a site dedicated to the best logo designers in history.
Logo Bliss – logo design inspiration and gallery site.

LogoPond – Logopond showcases the best in identity work from around the web. Logo artist from all development stages and areas of the world frequent this site.
Logo Blog – Logo Blog is dedicated to being the web’s premiere resource for logo design.
Logo Design Blog – Logo Designer Blog is a blog focused purely on branding, logo & identity design.
Logo Design Love – Logo Design Love is a website (and now a book) devoted to logos from graphic designer David Airey. Be sure to check out David’s post on 5 resources to download vector logos!
Logo From Dreams Awards – a blog with monthly submissions and a monthly winner.
Logolog – Logolog is a blog about logo design.
Logolounge – news and trends on logos.
Media Bistro – annual logo awards site.

Tips for your selecting your next logo design:

You get what you pay for! Professional logo designers understand that, aside from communicating your brand, a great logo resizes well, looks good in gray scales, is unique and attractive, and works well to develop a web site around.
Your logo isn’t your brand, it’s a representation of the brand you wish to present to the public. If your company hasn’t developed a branding guide or a brand marketing strategy, contact a branding agency that can help you. This often includes developing a logo for your company.
Make sure that you are guaranteed an original logo. Some of the design contests and crowdsourcing sites are having problems with designers utilizing existing logo designs to make new ones. If this should happen to you, you should be able to get your money back. Be sure to utilize Google Image search to try to identify these cheats and report them to the site.
Ensure that the cost of the logo includes delivery in a graphics format (typically vector – AI, EPS, or PS) so that you can use it for online, print, or any other needs.

DesignCrowd

Douglas – Thanks for including us in your list.

FYI we’ve just launched a new, fairer form of ‘hybrid crowdsourcing’ where customers can invite and pay specific designers to submit to design contests – see our press release from today: http://prwire.com.au/permalink/18300/design-contest-website-launches-hybrid-crowdsourcing-model-with-15-000-designers-2

Key point is this means designers get guaranteed payment regardless of if their design gets selected. Crowdsourcing does not have to be winner takes all or, as you put it, “not great for designers”! If you’re interested in doing an interview of myself or running a case study project through DesignCrowd please get in touch via http://twitter.com/designcrowd

Also, here’s a few logo design resources on our website.

Alec Lynch
DesignCrowd.com
Steve Nealy

Doug,
While I commend your ability to Google “logo design”, I find the entire proliferation and celebration of cheap logo design distasteful. The sites you’ve offered simply offer sleek looking icons (akin to “your name here”), with no strategic thought whatsoever.

Pushing crowdsourcing logo sites – while posting tips on ensuring you get an “original” logo – is laughable if not slightly negligent.

You are correct on one point: you do get what you pay for. However, my hope for your readers would be they do a little more due diligence before awarding their logo as part of a design contest.

Steve Nealy
Principal, creative director
TwentyTwo
steve@twentytwo.biz
Douglas Karr

Hi Steve,

Appreciate the feedback (really do) and I understand the compromised position branding agencies are under to prove their worth. I have no doubt of your value – I’ve seen firms like Kristian Andersen take companies from nothing to hundreds of millions of dollars – some of it owed to their brand recognition.

Logo design is under attack – not unlike any other web-based company at this point. We’ve got folks like Chris Anderson yelling “Free!”. Video hosting sites can’t compete with YouTube, Analytics companies have struggled with Google, and CMS systems like Squarespace competing with WordPress.

I could take a stand and argue “No Spec”, but I’ve personally used some of these services and gotten extremely good results with them. There’s no hiding the fact that as much as you don’t like them, they’re growing in popularity. And for a company that’s cash-strapped and can’t afford a professional branding, why not go for a cheap, sleek logo? They would have done without anything otherwise.

I’d love to have you do a post on why you would avoid some/many of these services!
Joseph Zuccaro

GeniusRocket (www.geniusrocket.com), headed by ex-AOL exec Mark Walsh and run by Peter LaMotte, has world class crowdsourcing capabilities for logos and other creative needs.
Massimo Perini

Thanks for sharing the list!
We just launched a new logo design contest site: http://www.logoarena.com
http://twitter.com/mrasoahaingo Michaël Rasoahaingo

Please remove marvellogodesign from your list because it’s FRAUD.See http://pondpad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3856 andhttp://www.wordpressblue.com/2009/08/marvel-logo-designs/
- http://www.marketingtechblog.com Douglas Karr
  
  Thanks, Michaël! I have removed them from the list and added Creattica.
Mark Grech

Beware of Marvel Design Logo Designs. Stay away are they take age to reply. Highly unprofessional.
http://www.logoonlinepros.com Online Logo Design

Thanks for share this great resource as a logo designer this resource help me to get some more better ideas about logo designing.
http://twitter.com/DanBranstrator Dan Branstrator

Thanks, Doug!
http://www.facebook.com/desarrollos.web.75 Desarrollos Web

I’ve recently made a logo with http://www.logotypers.com They took my sketch and turned it into a professional logo for only $10 (but you have to upload a sketch, or a ppt or something to guide them)
- http://www.marketingtechblog.com Douglas Karr
  
  What a fantastic idea! I’ve added Logotypers to its own section. Thanks!
http://www.colorexpertsbd.com/ Jenifer Jeny

All resources of logo design sharing are useful, stunning design with creative presentation. Great stuffs shared by yours. Much appreciated and feel grateful for beloved sharing.

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